From Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Su Chongming has a calm and reserved personality. From a young age, he determined that painting would be his lifelong career. Although he once worked in the advertising industry for economic survival, he never gave up painting. Eventually, he quit his day job to devote himself fully to artistic creation. In 2003, Su pursued further studies in a Master of Fine Arts at Tunghai University, Taichung. Of the entire class, he was the only graduate who was not from a fine arts background. Although he lives in the bustling Xinyi District of downtown Taipei, he leads a reclusive life, spending almost all day painting. His landscape paintings are fresh and refined, with a lofty artistic conception—his art reflects his personality.